CVE-2026-43268

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files

Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()") requires any inode be one of S_IFDIR/S_IFLNK/S_IFREG/S_IFCHR/S_IFBLK/ S_IFIFO/S_IFSOCK type, use S_IFREG for special inodes.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

May 8, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8889ca21b6ab37bc1435c4009ce37a79acb9e6
generic

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9affb698d5034888314880736925c39d6d048e
generic

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcac5582f90b55a267d89769073c5651990b2ec5
generic

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd
generic

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763
generic

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c
generic

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84
generic

hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 5.10.252—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-23 03:14 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-21 00:17 UTCOSV refresh
  10. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-06-15 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-14 07:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-12 23:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-06-11 14:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-06-10 14:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  28. 2026-06-09 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  31. 2026-06-08 13:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  34. 2026-06-07 12:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  37. 2026-06-06 12:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  39. 2026-06-05 22:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-05 11:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  43. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  45. 2026-06-04 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-06-03 10:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-02 10:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
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  51. 2026-06-01 09:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  66. 2026-05-20 14:11 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-05-20 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-05-20 11:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43268?
CVE-2026-43268 is a medium vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()") requires any inode be one of SIFDIR/SIFLNK/SIFREG/SIFCHR/S_IFBLK/ SIFIFO/SIFSOCK type, use S_IFREG for special…
When was CVE-2026-43268 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43268 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on May 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43268 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43268 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43268?
CVE-2026-43268 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43268?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43268, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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